iIf the mobile phone that is connected only
supports two Bluetooth®profiles at the
same time, COMAND functions may
behave as follows:
Rwhen connecting to the Internet, play-
back is stopped on the Bluetooth®audio
device.
Rwhen starting playback on the Blue-
tooth®audio device, the Internet con-
nection is ended.
Searching for and authorizing a Blue-
tooth®audio device
Switching to Bluetooth®audio mode
XPress the Õbutton.
XTo select Bluetooth Audioin the menu:
turn and press the controller.
A menu appears.
If you see the No Bluetooth Audio
Device Authorizedmessage, you will
need to authorize the Bluetooth®audio
device first.
XTo select Optionsin the Bluetooth audio
menu: slide 6the controller and press to
confirm.
XTo select Bluetooth Audio Devices:
press the controller.
A new menu appears.
:Bluetooth®audio player within range and
already authorized
;Newly detected mobile phone with Blue-
tooth®audio mode in range The Bluetooth
®device list displays all author-
ized devices, whether they are within range or not. After a device search, devices which are
within range but not authorized are also dis-
played.
Searching for Bluetooth
®audio
XTo select Search for Audio Devices:
press the controller.
The To connect an audio device,
make sure that: 1. The telephone
is switched on. 2. The BT Audio
function is activated and the
audio device is visible via BT.
(For details, see the audio devi‐
ce's operating instructions or
visit www.mercedes-benz.com/
connect).message appears.
XSelect Start Search.
COMAND searches for Bluetooth®audio
devices within range and adds them to the
Bluetooth
®device list.
The duration of the search depends on the
number of Bluetooth
®audio devices within
range and their characteristics.
iWith some Bluetooth®audio devices,
playback must first be started on the device
itself so that COMAND can play the audio
files. Bluetooth
®must also be given as a
media output location for the audio device
used.
Authorizing Bluetooth
®audio
XSelect a Bluetooth®audio device that has
not yet been authorized from the list: turn
and press the controller.
Authorization starts.
Depending on the Bluetooth
®audio device
used, you now have two options for con-
tinuing with authorization.
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ATo stopËor start Ìplayback
BName of the connected Bluetooth®audio
device (example)
COptions menu
Some mobile phones only support two Blue-
tooth
®profiles at the same time (e.g. Hands-
Free Profile for Bluetooth®telephony and
Bluetooth®audio profile for audio streaming).
If you activate Bluetooth®audio mode and
there is already an active Internet connection, this can cause the connection to be termina-
ted.
Switching to Bluetooth®audio
XPress the Õbutton.
XTo select Bluetooth Audioin the menu:
turn and press the controller.
COMAND activates the Bluetooth
®audio
device. The basic display then appears.
Playback starts.
iIf the Bluetooth®audio device connected
supports metadata and corresponding data
is available, then the artist, track and album
name can be displayed.
Starting/stopping playback
XTo select Start playback Ì: turn and
press the controller.
Playback starts. Ëis selected.
XTo stop playback: select Ë.
A message appears. Ìis selected.
XTo continue playback: select Ì.
A message appears. Ëis selected.
Starting playback if the Bluetooth®
audio device has been stopped
During the search for mobile phones, the con-
nection with the Bluetooth®audio device is
terminated (
Ypage 115). In the Bluetooth®
audio basic display (Ypage 194) you will see the
No
BluetoothAudioDeviceConnec‐
tedmessage and the Connect Last Used
Playermenu item cannot be selected.
When the search is finished, the Bluetooth
®
audio device can be reconnected.
XTo select Start playback Ì: slide6
and press the controller.
Playback resumes from the beginning.
XTo select Connect Last Used Player:
press the controller.
Depending on the Bluetooth
®audio device
used, playback starts immediately or you
must start playback manually.
In this case, you will see the Bluetooth
Audio Device Pausedmessage.
iIf there is an Internet connection and the
mobile phone that is connected only sup-
ports two Bluetooth
®profiles at the same
time, the Internet connection is interrup-
ted.
iThe connection to the Bluetooth®audio
device can also be interrupted if:
Rthe connected mobile phone only sup-
ports 2 Bluetooth®profiles at the same
time.
Ryou connect to the Internet using
COMAND (
Ypage 152).
Selecting a track
The function is not supported by all Blue-
tooth®audio devices.
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